1. 1996, Kazakhstan Scientific Foundation Grant for Basic Research
2. 1996, European Academy of Science Premium for young scientists of the Former USSR

Other Activities

1. Member of Nikolsky's Herpetological Society under the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
2. Member of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR, USA)
3. Working Group Chair of Expert Commission on Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF) for Middle Asia and Kazakhstan
4. Expert of National Committee of UNESCO Programm “The Man and Biosphera”